FJ Cruisers of Northern California

High Sierra 2010

Date: Wednesday, September 22 - Sunday, September 26

Location: Eastern Sierra

Level: All

Comms: CB - 31, FRS/GPRS - 7-31, HAM 147.52 simplex no tone

Cell signal: Available on the trail when in direct line of sight with Mammoth Lakes, which pretty much means the beginning of the trail to around the aspen grove before the turnoff to the campsite.

Weather: highs in the mid-70s, lows in the low-30s overnight.

Campsite: dispersed camping (no showers, no toilets), please bring wood if you can!

Official trail runs:

Friday - Mazourka Canyon/The Narrows and Thereabouts

Saturday - Kavanaugh Ridge/Bodie Ghost Town/Mono Craters exploration

Alternate "rogue" runs will be most likely scheduled and proposed.

National Public Lands Day:

Free admission to Devil's Postpile National Monument and Mono Lake

Volunteer opportunity: TBD on Saturday AM

this is the official thread for the annual High Sierra run. despite having considered moving to an alternating base camp/expedition style run, we'll stick with the base camp idea this year. we'll establish base camp on Laurel Lakes trail again.

395 to Trail Head: http://bit.ly/cwHI0p

Approximately 1.5 miles of dirt road once you get off 395 at Sherwin Creek Road

the High Sierra run, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the format, is part trail run, part vacation. we will only establish 2-3 "official" trail runs and the rest of the activities are planned impromptu or on-your-own. last year, several folks went fishing, kayaking and sightseeing. more details on the planned runs will be outlined in the coming weeks, but will most likely include Coyote Flat, Mono Craters and yearly favorite, Kavanaugh Ridge.

also, i am looking into a possible volunteer opportunity for National Public Lands Day on Saturday, the 25th. i will most likely propose something in the nearby Mammoth area...perhaps a trail clean-up. for those of you who are unfamiliar with National Public Lands Day, it is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to help sure-up and clean-up our public lands. it also allows free admission to most national parks and monuments (Yosemite, Devil's Postpile and Mono Lake included).

NorCal FJs Photo Album from High Sierra 2008

Final Roster (20)

GHOST

Sonof40

TOE 4X4

gringo (good luck worked...now for the chorizo!)

CentralCalFJ

downy_ball

CowboyCEO

Botched

FJ Scout

Bozly

MoreFJland

FJ4 Tahoe

Robbie

Estysalinas

Will

Ranger Jim

paraextreme

FJWanderlust

CA Annie & MoabFJ

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by potatomutato on August 30, 2010 at 9:45pm

cool! if you can make it up on Thursday night, we'll leave the light on for you guys. i would recommend arriving then because we can help you two get set up and you'll have a full day the next day.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by GHOST on August 31, 2010 at 5:40pm

I am possibly going to be arriving late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Would anyone already be there at the camp site and would the camp site be hard to find on my own? This is my first High Sierra trip and I am unfamiliar with the area.